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ChoiceDialog

ChoiceDialog[expr]
puts up a standard choice dialog that displays expr together with OK and Cancel buttons, and returns True if OK is clicked and False if Cancel is clicked.

ChoiceDialog

includes buttons with labels

, and returns the corresponding

for the button clicked.

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ChoiceDialog places buttons automatically, outside the area used to display expr.

Any expressions, including both text and graphics, can be used for expr and the .

In the window generated by ChoiceDialog[expr], pressing Enter is taken to be equivalent to clicking the OK button, while pressing Esc or closing the window is taken to be equivalent to clicking the Cancel button.

In ChoiceDialog, pressing Enter returns , while pressing Esc or closing the window returns .

ChoiceDialog by default puts up a notebook with a typical choice dialog appearance. The option settings include WindowFloating->False, WindowSize->All, and WindowTitle->None.